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US Army · Europe

NATO Needs Drones to Become '32 Ukraines,' Ex-UK Defense Chief Says

Ullman and Lord Richards want tens of thousands of NATO drones to ease US troop demand. NATO's commander wants cheap drones alongside the high end.

Haye KestelooOct 264 min read

U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopter flying low past a line of pine trees, with two crew visible in the cockpit

Counter-Drone

Army Apaches Train to Kill Shaheds, but the Newest Ones Outrun Them

Army Apache crews downed target drones over Germany in Skyfall II, cued by a ground radar. Russia's jet Geran-4 flies faster than an Apache can chase.

Haye KestelooOct 26

U.S. Army soldier in camouflage crouching behind a large gray quadcopter with folding arms and a camera pod, preparing it for flight on a gravel range

Department of Defense

Army Calls Its Drone Demand 'Artificial.' Makers Want A Year Of Orders

An Army official says the Pentagon is artificially inducing drone demand. PDW's CEO wants 12,000 drones a year. No Gauntlet I order reached half.

Haye KestelooOct 26

US Army

US Army's Own Enemy Force Now Flies Ukrainian-Designed Stork Drone

Army photos show the Hohenfels opposing force launching U&C UAS Stork LR recon drones five months after the Czech-Ukrainian maker signed its US Army deal.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Skydio

Skydio Says ISR Command Can Send X10D Target Grids to F-16s

Skydio's new ISR Command lets one soldier fly two X10D drones and, Skydio says, pass target locations to platforms from strike drones to F-16s.

Haye KestelooOct 14

A black pickup truck marked ACS carries a turret-mounted machine gun and a tan radar panel in the Arizona desert, with smoke drifting from the gun barrel.

Counter-Drone

US Military Counts 378 Border Drone Incursions In 30 Days, And Rising

The military detected 378 drones on the US-Mexico border in a month and says the trend is rising, as 21 firms tested counter-drone gear in Yuma.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Bundeswehr soldier in camouflage and balaclava holding a controller while a gray quadcopter hovers above him over a field

Germany

Germany Builds 600-Soldier Drone Regiment as US Army Scraps Its Own

Germany will stand up a 600-soldier drone regiment in 2027 with a 500 km reach and its own jammers, weeks after the US Army ended a same-size unit nearby.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Soldiers in camouflage salute as flag-draped transfer cases sit in the open backs of gray vans on an airfield

Department of Defense

Wounded Port Shuaiba Soldiers Tell AP the Army Left Them to Find Care

Nine soldiers wounded in Iran's March 1 Port Shuaiba strike tell AP the Army sent them to barracks, logged them as not combat wounded and delayed TBI care.

Haye KestelooOct 5

US Army

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